1923, First Agriculture Exhibition, 1r brown and orange, imperforated single with background significantly shifted to the top, full OG, NH, VF and an attractive item, SC #1 var

100.00

1923, First Agriculture Exhibition, 5r dark blue and light blue, imperforated single with background significantly shifted to the top, full OG, previously hinged, VF, SC #3 Ta

75.00

1923, cover locally sent in Moscow on October, 18, franked by worker 4k carmine, litho printing, along with RSFSR perforated complete set of 10r-100r and 14 "Star" surcharges, flap is slightly defected at the top left, fresh condition otherwise, VF and scarce mixed franking commercial item, N. Mandrovski certificate

500.00

1923, peasant 6k blue, litho printing, right sheet margin imperforated single, double transfer on the outer frame at the top and on the left, full OG, NH, VF and a spectacular error

150.00

1924, 1k-10k, five imperforated stamps of litho printing, used together with four other values and three War Charity labels on reverse of registered cover from Leningrad to Berlin, all appropriate markings, VF and very scarce item

300.00

1924, Lenin Mourning issue, 3k-20k, imperforated complete set of four with narrow frame, nice quality, full OG, NH, VF, SC #27-30

1924, Lenin Mourning issue, 3k-20k, imperforated complete set of four in horizontal pairs (wide frame) and perforated set of singles, full OG, NH, VF, SC #27B-30B, 31-34

100.00

1926, registered cover with violet label "B" (Vazhnoe - Very Important) on reverse, sent from Kursk Philatelic Society to Berlin via Moscow, franked by Lenin Mourning imperforated set of four, air post surcharge 20k/10r and War Invalids Charity stamp of 5r, delivered with Flight Moscow-Berlin, appropriate transit and arrival markings, mostly VF and scarce

200.00

1923, worker 4k carmine, typo printing, side sheet margin horizontal imperforated strip of five, spectacular double impression, full OG, NH, VF, SC #24 Ta

400.00

1924-25, peasant 2k green, typo printing, balanced margins imperforated single, full OG, NH, VF, SC #040 Pa

300.00

1924-25, peasant 2k green, typo printing, imperforated left sheet margin block of six (3x2) with double impression, two diagonal invalidating perforation lines, full OG, NH, VF

200.00

1924-25, peasant 6k blue, typo printing, two top right corner sheet margin imperforated blocks of four in light blue and intense blue, the last one with full offset of the design on gum side, each one has control line on side margin, full OG, NH, VF and scarce multiples, SC #044 Pa, var

1924-25, peasant, imperforated proof of 6k in gray, typo printing, top left corner sheet margin block of four, marginal gum bend far away from the stamps, full OG, NH, VF

300.00

1924-25, soldier 7k chocolate brown, typo printing on grayish paper, nice margins imperforated single, full OG, NH, VF, SC #45 Pa

60.00

1925, registered cover from Govardovo station (Syzran- Vyazma Railway, located in Kaluga Gub.) to Moscow, made from a sheet of Imperial stamp of 1k orange, franked by three values, including horizontal imperforated pair of soldier 7k brown, typo printing on grayish paper, all appropriate markings and arrival ds, minor flap ageing, otherwise VF, N. Mandrovski certificate

500.00

1928, soldier 7k brown, imperforated single, typo printing on grayish paper, used together with imperforated worker of 8k olive brown (white improved paper) on local registered cover in Kharkov, postmarked on arrival, slight folds away from the stamps, F/VF and scarce franking

500.00

1924-25, soldier 1r red and brown, typo printing, harrow perforation 14 1/2x15, three side margin horizontal strip of five, perfin "Obrazets", full OG, NH, VF, SC #55

150.00

1925, soldier 40k slate gray, typo printing, perforation 12, nice condition, full OG, NH, VF, SC #53A

150.00

1925, Lenin Mausoleum, 7k-40k, imperforated complete set in blocks of four, 7k and 20k with left sheet margins, nice quality, practically without usual gum wrinkles, full OG, NH, VF, SC #68-71

400.00

1925, Lenin Mausoleum, imperforated complete set of four together with two other values (one on reverse) affixed over maximum card and tied by All-Union Philatelic Exhibition "23.1.25" date stamp, fresh and VF

100.00

1925, Lenin Mausoleum, 7k-40k, perforated complete set of four, printed on thick paper, full OG, LH or previously hinged, F/VF, SC #72A-75A

100.00

1925, Lenin Mausoleum, 20k carmine lake, printed on thick paper, horizontal position of watermark "borders and rosettes", full OG, LH, VF and scarce watermark variety, SC #74w

300.00

1925, Lenin Mausoleum, 7k-40k, perforated complete set in blocks of four, each one on thick paper, two blocks with minimal offset on reverse, perfect quality, full OG, NH, VF and extremely rare multiples, until now no any records of thick paper blocks were found, SC #72A-75A
Click here to see the backside

1925, registered cover from Tashkent to Berlin via Moscow, franked by Lenin Mausoleum perforated complete set of four and Tashkent War Charity label of 25r, delivered by flight "Moscow-Riga-Konigsberg- Berlin", postmarked on arrival, VF

250.00

1925, soldier 18k violet, typo printing on watermarked "borders and rosettes" paper, imperforated block of four with vertical varnish lines, nice margins all around, flawless quality, full OG, NH, VF, one of just two known blocks of four of this stamp, SC #89 Pa

1928, soldier 1r red and brown, perforated single with horizontal position of watermark "borders and rosettes", full OG, NH, VF, SC #94B

100.00

1925-28, worker 2r green and rose, horizontal position of watermark "borders and rosettes", top right corner margin block of four, right stamps have missing part of the design, horizontal invalidating perforation lines, full OG,NH, VF, SC #95B var

100.00

1925, soldier 3k black brown and green, type II, printed on watermarked paper, right sheet margin single with perforation 12 1/2, nice condition, full OG, NH, VF, SC #96 IIA

200.00

1925, Aleksandr Popov, imperforated proof of 20k (unissued denomination) in brown, printed on thick security paper with text on reverse, no gum as produced, NH, VF, A. Farberov certificate

200.00

1926, 7k-5r, imperforated complete set of eight, all with sheet margins, printed on white improved paper, full OG, NH, VF

75.00

1926, worker, complete set of five imperforated trial color proofs of 8k in yellow, green, carmine, blue and red lilac, printed on white improved paper, sheet margin horizontal pairs, flawless quality, full OG, NH, VF and scarce set

1927, value declare parcel card for 7,000rub from Otradnaya to Armavir, franked altogether by six stamps, including Lenin 1r, 3r and 10r values, all appropriate markings and arrival ds, archival holes, otherwise VF and scarce franking

200.00

1927, black surcharge 8k on worker 7k brown, three different block of four (one with horizontal gutter), perforation 14 1/2x15 or 12 1/2, unwatermarked or watermarked paper, full OG, NH, VF, SC #181-82, 181A

250.00

1927, black or red surcharge 8k on commemorative stamps, complete set of six, full OG, NH, VF, SC #211, 0212-16

75.00

1927, black surcharge 8k on Postage Due stamps of 1k- 14k, two complete sets of seven printed on paper without watermark and watermarked paper, full OG, NH, mostly VF, SC #161-67, 168-73

75.00

1927, inverted surcharge (type II) 8k on 1k red, typo printing on paper without watermark, full OG, previously hinged, VF, Soviet Philatelic guarantee hs, SC #168 II Ta

150.00

1927, inverted surcharge (type II) 8k on 1k red, printed on watermarked paper, full OG, previously hinged, VF and scarce, Soviet Philatelic guarantee hs, SC #174 II Ta

750.00

1927, 10th Anniversary of the October Revolution, five pencil essays of unaccepted design for denominations of 1k, 5k x2 and 10k x2, two sizes - 54x73mm and 54x84mm, nicely preserved, VF and probably unique, these essays were submitted to the Competition for "The best stamp design commemorating Jubilee of Revolution"

1928, Vladimir Lenin, 3r-10r, perforation 10 1/2, watermark "lozenges", complete set in blocks of four, 5r and 10r with sheet or corner margins, full OG, NH, VF, SC #221-23

600.00

1928, Vladimir Lenin, 3r-10r, complete set of three with perforation 10, watermark "lozenges", stamp of 3r with jumbo margins, especially at the top and bottom, full OG, NH, VF, SC #221A-23A

150.00

1929, Pioneers' Assembly, 10k olive brown, perforation L10 1/2 instead of comb 12 1/2x12, nicely centered, full OG, VLH, VF, SC #226B

75.00

1929-31, the third definitive issue, 1k-1r, complete set of 15, including 1r value, all with vertical position of watermark, full OG, NH, F/VF, SC #228-41, 244 var

100.00

1931, worker 10k olive, single and bisect, making altogether 15k postal rate, used on commercial cover from Sretensk to Irkutsk, arrival ds on the back, some perforation flaws on bisect, still VF and scarce usage, N. Mandrovski certificate

250.00

1929-30, Industrialization, 5k-28k, complete set in blocks of four, top left stamp of 20k with a spot on "i" variety, this block is folded once along horizontal perforation, full OG, NH, VF
Click here to see enlarged fragment

150.00

1930, Industrialization, complete set of four, used on registered cover from Moscow to Germany, all appropriate markings and arrival ds, VF

100.00

1930, 25th Anniversary of the Revolution of 1905, 3k-10k, imperforated and perforated complete sets of three, full OG, NH, VF, SC #260-65

75.00

1932, worker-soldier-peasant 15k olive green, local pin- perforation (stamp is defected at the top left), used on cover from Fergana to Moscow, addressed to Nadezhda Krupskaya (widow of Vladimir Lenin), arrival ds on reverse, VF and scarce

150.00

1931, Moscow Telegraph Building, 1r dark blue, raster vertical diamonds, top sheet margin single with two dots after "rub" variety, full OG, NH, VF, SC #241(2) Kb

150.00

1932, Maxim Gorki, 15k brown, horizontal imperforated pair with enlarged margin on the left, full OG, NH, VF, SC #299 Pa

250.00

1932, 15th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 10k ultramarine, a dot in front of "1932" variety, full OG, hinged, VF, SC #304 Ka
Click here to see enlarged fragment

100.00

1933, Karl Marx, 3k-35k, complete set of three, 10k is corner margin single, full OG, NH, VF, SC #312-14

75.00

1933, Karl Marx, 3k-35k, complete set in blocks of four, 10k has rounded lower right corner, minor usual gum waves on 35k, still unfolded and fresh, full OG, NH, F/VF, SC #312-14

250.00

1933, Karl Marx, complete set of three, used together with two other values on registered cover from Moscow to Tel Aviv (then Palestine), all appropriate markings and arrival ds, VF

200.00

1932, Moscow Philatelic Exhibition, maximum card representing Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow with complete set of two stamps affixed over and tied by Exhibition postmark, minor perforation soiling, still VF

100.00

1932, Moscow Philatelic Exhibition, 15k black brown, 35k ultra, imperforated souvenir sheet of four, printed on thick paper, appropriate size 169x118mm, nice quality overall with just minute spot on reverse, no gum as produced, NH, VF and scarce, only 500 examples were produced for Exhibition participants, SC #SB01

1932, Moscow Philatelic Exhibition, 15k black brown, 30k ultra, imperforated souvenir sheet of four, printed on thick paper, size 171x119mm, central special Exhibition "5.12.32" date stamp in red (First Day of issue), excellent condition in every respect, no gum as produced, VF and according to Z. Mikulski certificate UNIQUE item

1933, Leningrad Philatelic Exhibition, red surcharge 30k on 15k black brown and 70k on 35k ultra, complete set of two, full OG, NH (first stamp) or previously hinged, VF, owner's hs on reverse, SC #315-16

150.00

1933, Leningrad Philatelic Exhibition, red surcharges 30k on 15k black brown and 70k on 35k ultra, complete set of two, full OG, LH, mostly VF, SC #315-16

150.00

1933, Ethnographic issue, 1k-35k, complete set of 21, several stamps with minor usual gum waves, still fresh, full OG, NH, F/VF centering, SC #317-37

350.00

1933, Baku Commissars, 4k-40k, complete set of five, nice and post office fresh, full OG, NH, VF, SC #345-49

150.00

1933, Baku Commissars, 4k-40k, complete set of five, fresh and flawless, full OG, NH, VF, SC #345-49

150.00

1933, Baku Commissars, trial color proof of 5k in ultra, printed on watermarked "borders and rosettes" paper, perforated (13 3/4) at the top and bottom, crayon cancellation, no gum (removed from a presentation card), VF, SC #346

300.00

1933, Baku Commissars, 20k purple, bottom sheet margin vertical pair, imperforated at the bottom, control puncture at the margin, full OG, NH, VF and scarce, SC #347 Pc

500.00

1933, Baku Commissars, trial color proof of 35k in black brown, printed on watermarked "borders and rosettes" paper, perforated (13 3/4) at three sides, crayon cancellation, no gum (removed from a presentation card), VF, SC #348

300.00

1933, Baku Commissars, trial color perforated proof of 40k in red, printed on watermarked "borders and rosettes" paper, nice condition, gummed, VF, SC #349

750.00

1934, Lenin Mausoleum, 5k-35k, complete set of five, nice quality unit, full OG, NH, mostly VF, SC #360-64

150.00

1934, Lenin Mausoleum, 5k brown, imperforated block of four, enlarged margins, full OG, NH or previously hinged (top stamps), VF, each stamp pencil signed, SC #360 Pa

600.00

1934, Lenin Mausoleum, complete set of five, used together with soldier 5k brown on registered flown cover from Moscow to Paris, postmarked on arrival, VF and scarce

350.00

1934, Ivan Fedorov, 20k carmine rose and 40k indigo, complete set of two, full OG, NH, mostly VF, SC #365-66

75.00

1934, Ivan Fedorov, 20k carmine rose, imperforated block of four, nice margins, full OG, LH, VF, SC #356 Pa

600.00

1934, Dmitry Mendeleev, 5k-20k, complete set of four, post office fresh quality, full OG, NH, VF, SC #369-72

250.00

1935, Anti-War Propaganda issue, 5k-35k, complete set of five, full OG, LH, VF, SC #387-91

200.00

1935, Moscow Subway, 5k-20k, complete set of four, nicely centered flawless unit, full OG, NH, VF, SC #402-05

500.00

1935, Moscow Spartacist Games, 1k-40k, complete set of ten, very fresh quality, full OG, NH, VF, SC #406-15

500.00

1935, Moscow Spartacist Games, 1k-40k, complete set of ten, full OG, LH or previously hinged, VF, SC #406-15

150.00

1935, Moscow Spartacist Games, 1k-40k, complete set in blocks of four, post office fresh and unfolded, full OG, NH, VF and scarce in this premium quality, SC #406-15

1935, Moscow Spartacist Games, Bicycling, 10k rose red and violet, wavy line in front of "CCCP" variety, CTO with full OG, VF, SC #411 var

150.00

1935, Mikhail Kalinin, 3k-20k, complete set in blocks of four, 5k has slightly uneven gum as often, full OG, NH, VF, SC #425-28

150.00

1935, Leo Tolstoy, 3k olive black and violet, perforation 11, horizontal pair imperforated between stamps, full OG, NH, VF and rare perforation error, SC #429a Pb

1937, Alexander Pushkin, 10k yellow brown, perforation 14x12 1/2, top sheet margin single, imperforated at the top, neat corner cancellation, VF, SC #445 CSP A var

75.00

1937, Alexander Pushkin, 10k yellow brown, perforation 14x12 1/2, bottom sheet margin single, imperforated at the bottom, CTO with full OG, SC #445 CSP A var

75.00

1937, Alexander Pushkin, 10k-1r, complete set of six with extra 40k, used on registered special delivery cover from Moscow to Prague, arrival ds on reverse, some air post label discoloration, otherwise VF

200.00

1937, Alexander Pushkin, 10k and 50k yellow brown, souvenir sheet of two, "9" and "3" in "1937" are deformed, full OG, NH, VF, a common sheet is included, SC Block 1 var
Click here to see enlarged fragment

100.00

1937, Architectural Congress, 40k violet, two souvenir sheets of four, each one with text strongly misplaced, first one to the left, the other one - to the top, full OG, NH, VF, SC Block 2 var

150.00

1937, Felix Dzerzhinsky, 10k-80k, complete set in bottom sheet margin blocks of four, full OG, NH, VF, SC #469-72

200.00

1937, Steel Founder, stationery envelope 50k blue on gray watermarked "wavy lines" paper, perfect quality, unused, VF

75.00

1938, registered cover from Barvikha (small town of creative intellectuals in Moscow Region) written by famous author Graf Alexei Tolstoy to Leningrad, addressed to well-known writer Mikhail Zoschenko, franked by horizontal pair of 20k green, all appropriate markings and arrival ds, mostly VF and an interesting postal history item

450.00

1936-37, Vladimir Lenin, 40k dark blue, top right corner sheet margin imperforated block of four, vertical control line on margin, full OG, NH or LH (mostly at the top edge), VF and scarce multiple

1939, Vladimir Lenin, 10r indigo, printed on paper without watermark, left sheet margin horizontal strip of four, imperforated on the left, control cross on margin, full OG, NH, VF, SC #585 Pb

600.00

1938, North Pole Flight, 40k and 80k, carmine color of the flag shifted to the top left on both stamps, 40k - unused, expertly regummed, 80k - full OG, NH, VF appearance

75.00

1938, North Pole Flight, 80k carmine, bottom sheet margin imperforated single, full OG, NH, VF, SC #486 Pa

150.00

1938, North Pole Flight, 80k carmine, top sheet margin horizontal imperforated pair, full OG, NH, VF, SC #486 Pa

300.00

1938, 20th Anniversary of the Red Army, 10k-1r, complete set of seven, full OG, NH, VF, SC #490-96

75.00

1938, 20th Anniversary of the Red Army, 80k gray black and dark red, printed on ordinary paper, size 32.5x22.5mm, full OG, NH, VF, SC #495B I

75.00

1938, First Trans-Atlantic Flight, 10k black and red, broken flag variety, two stamps printed on thick and ordinary paper, full OG, NH, VF, SC #497 Ka, 497 Va Ka

100.00

1938, Second Trans-Atlantic Flight, 20k gray black, enlarged margins imperforated single, nice quality, full OG, NH, VF, SC #502 Pa

200.00

1937-38, Arms of the Soviet Union and Soviet Republics, complete set in unfolded blocks of four, most with sheet margins, post office fresh quality, full OG, NH, VF, SC #481, 504-14
Click here to see Part 2

600.00

1938, Child Welfare, 10k-80k, complete set in unfolded sheet margin blocks of four, flawless condition, full OG, NH, VF, SC #519-25

400.00

1938, View of Yalta, 5k brown, left sheet margin single, imperforated on the left, neat corner cancellation, VF, SC #527 Pc

150.00

1938, Balloons and Airplanes, 5k-1r, complete set in unfolded blocks of four, nice condition, full OG, NH, VF, SC #538-46

600.00

1939, View of Gorki Street in Moscow, 10k brown on orange network, top sheet margin single printed on ordinary (!) paper, excellent condition, full OG, NH, VF and rare, SC #566 var

1939, soldier 15k dark green, war printing of 1942-43 on yellowish gray paper, top right corner sheet margin block of four with full offset of the design on reverse, marginal notation, fresh quality, full OG, NH, VF, SC #606 var

100.00

1939, aviator 30k blue, typo printing, strongly misperforated horizontal pair used in 1945 on registered cover from Kronstadt to Moscow, several censorship markings and arrival ds on reverse, VF and nice franking

300.00

1939, aviator 30k blue, typo printing, bisect (15k) used on local cover in Leningrad in 1946, postmarked on arrival, address partly obliterated, otherwise VF, N. Mandrovski certificate

250.00

1947, aviator 30k gray blue, offset printing, top left corner sheet margin vertical strip of three, imperforated on the left (break of vertical perforation), control line at the top and on the side, full OG, NH, VF and a spectacular item, SC #1056 Pb

400.00

1947, aviator 30k gray blue, offset printing, horizontal pair, left stamp with double transfer (double impression) variety, in addition full offset of the design on gum side, minute soiling spot on two top perforation tips of the right stamp, nice quality otherwise, full OG, NH, VF and very scarce unrecorded error, A. Zverev certificate

800.00

1947, aviator 30k gray blue, offset printing, perforation L12 1/2, unfolded complete sheet of 100, single control line along the margins, full OG, NH, VF, SC #1056A

1939, black surcharge 30k on 4k claret, printed on paper without watermark, usual centering, full OG, NH and fine, SC #590

150.00

1939, Mikhail Lermontov, 15k indigo and black brown, top sheet margin single, imperforated at the top, CTO with full OG, VF, SC #621 Pb

100.00

1939, Nikolai Chernyshevski, 60k blue green, perforation L12 1/2 instead of comb 12 1/2x12, raster horizontal diamonds, top right corner margin block of four, full OG, NH, VF and scarce multiple, SC #626A

600.00

1940, Anton Chekhov, 10k-30k, complete set in side margin blocks of eight, post office fresh quality, full OG, NH, VF, SC #627-30

200.00

1940, Arctic Voyage of Ice-Breaker "Sedov", 15k-1r, complete set in unfolded blocks of four, fresh quality, full OG, NH, VF, SC #636-39

100.00

1940, Arctic Voyage of Ice-Breaker "Georgy Sedov", 30k violet, comb perforation, raster horizontal diamonds, full OG, NH, VF, SC #637(2)

75.00

1940, Perekop, 30k brown and carmine, bottom right corner sheet margin block of four, nice perforation freak due to foldover, full OG, NH (bottom stamps) or previously hinged, VF, SC #683 var

100.00

1941-43, 79 mint never hinged stamps, forming 22 complete issues, including Industrialization, Red Army, "Be a Hero!", People's Militia, War Heroes, Turgenev and etc., full OG, NH, mostly VF, SC C.v. is over $1,500
Click here to see Part 2

400.00

1941, Nikolai Zhukovski, 15k-50k, complete set in blocks of four, full OG, NH, VF, SC #702-04

60.00

1941, Karelian Finnish Republic, 45k blue green, "smooth scroll" variety, full OG, NH, VF, SC #708(2)

100.00

1941, Vassily Surikov, 20k-2r, complete set of five, nice condition, full OG, NH, VF, SC #719-23

100.00

1941, Vassily Surikov, 20k-2r, complete set in blocks of four, including two blocks of 2r with different shades of brown color, insignificantly dried gum on two top stamps of 20k, nice and unfolded, full OG, NH, VF, SC #719-23

400.00

1941, Vassily Surikov, complete set of five, used on local cover in Moscow, censored, arrival ds on reverse, some top left corner imperfection, still VF

150.00